tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41684785590706564822012-02-16T07:07:01.257-07:00Progressivism that fights back. Articles and cartoons from the combat-ready left. Anti-GOP gear coming soon.The Mulenoreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-5064606915754842392007-10-02T06:04:00.001-06:002007-10-02T06:11:44.419-06:00

Not to excuse Rish Limbaugh's fat, draft-exemptingly pimpled ass, but let's not forget where he got the "ability" (i.e., the daclaration from another source that this is how we'd deal with input on the war by veterans and military personnel) to say what he has. Before Move On's incompetent "Betray Us" heading on the Patraeus ad they took out, it was unacceptable to personally attack vets and

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-13209465496667006442007-10-01T23:42:00.000-06:002007-10-01T23:46:54.604-06:00

Tonight, the 1-game playoff to decide the NL Wild Card between the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres was the perfect exclamation point to an incredibly exciting September in Major League Baseball. It was also a superb kickoff to an October that will likely prove to raise interest and, as a result, increase attendance to set another new record in 2008.The poetry of the game was almost too

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Baseball is, in many ways, like nature. It has limits on its tolerances for extremes, and tries its best to preserve karmic equilibrium (it's failed dramatically with the Yankees). For those of you crying over the Mets' disasterous collapse this month, don't blame the team, don't blame the Phillies, don't blame the baseball gods... blame your dads and grandfathers who got such a kick out of the

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-9705171201043467192007-10-01T06:59:00.000-06:002007-10-01T15:49:55.838-06:00

Dr. Dobson, I'd like you to meet Irrelevance. Irrelevance, this is Dr. Dobson. I'll leave you two alone now, to get better acquainted.The religious right has decided to consider backing a 3rd party (Constitution Party, anyone?) candidate if the GOP nominates a pro-choice candidate, specifically Giuliani. While that would be a disaster for the GOP, leaving them without their foot-soldiers for

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-27876088765383130682007-09-20T14:30:00.000-06:002007-09-20T17:46:42.119-06:00

This week's GTL post (link in title) on "Hillary Care" has provided for some fun debate on health care. It's original purpose, which I'll return to this weekend some time (I may owe Hillary an apology, or at least a temporary withdrawal of my more pointed criticisms), was to point out how electoral failure leads to political weakness. But it's become about health care itself.So we'll look first

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-16258107177409910142007-09-20T14:25:00.000-06:002007-09-20T14:27:07.581-06:00

So the Senate held debate today about Move On. The revulsive Patraeus ad, which appeared in the NYT last week and has drawn increasingly vociferous opposition from the right, was a political folly that’s going to continue to be an issue.Ed Schultz talked about it today, reiterating it as a reason to join Move On and send them money. He calls the debate over the ad “honky tonk” and a “waste of

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In the spirit of policing our own, I'm not going to focus on the GOP's corruption. Also, I don't have that much room. Instead, let's address those Democrats who made CREW's Top 22 list, shall we? Each name has a link to the report summary for that person.Rep. William "Ice Box" Jefferson (D-LA)Used the National Guard to get to his home after Katrina so he could pick up some stuff. Then, he got

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September 14, 2007 Mr. Pariser, This week, congressional Democrats were given a difficult challenge. Without the votes to override a Presidential veto, without even the votes to break a filibuster in the Senate, the Democrats in congress were challenged by their base to finally end the war in Iraq. It is an appropriate objective for them, given that they were elected to do just that, and I

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I am a life-long Cubs fan. Having not grown up in Chicago, I was kept in line through the Summers of my childhood by the Cubs' many losses on WGN. And after each game, because they played day games, I had time to go out into my back yard, and replay the game myself. Except this time, the Cubs would win.Each year that the Cubs make a run at the playoffs, we see famous Cubs' fans become more and

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-19637358102412927932007-09-14T12:50:00.000-06:002007-09-14T12:55:06.042-06:00

Move On's antics to kick off what was an important week towards ending the US involvement in Iraq have allowed distraction to settle into the political discourse over the war. As a result, I have written an Open Letter to Eli Pariser, Executive Director at Move On, asking them to stay out of 2008 so they don't serve as a weight around the neck of every Democrat running for office and opposed to

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-89865308793849891542007-09-11T17:48:00.001-06:002007-09-11T23:06:36.666-06:00

As this Media Matters article points out, the GOP's support for a ballot measure to completely gut the California Electoral Delegation was written about, with no mention of their fathering of the measure. This should make the Presidential Election Reform Act feel very abandoned, as his estranged father gives a nod of proud support from across the room, but no hug.

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-22505187856111454572007-09-11T15:42:00.001-06:002007-09-11T16:03:44.192-06:00

On the sixth anniversary of 9/11, how ashamed we must all feel that the perpetrators roam free? How insincere any condolence must feel to the family members of those lost, that we allowed our sense of obligation to them be diverted for a war of choice, that itself goes on? How weak must our resolve appear, to the eyes of the world, in that one mass murderer can carry out an act like this and be

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-74739675871107585892007-09-11T14:21:00.000-06:002007-09-11T14:26:58.172-06:00

As their apparent Happy Birthday present to Medea Benjamin, MoveOn sent notice of its intentions to join her and Code Pink in the crevasse of political irrelevance. Yesterday’s “Betray Us” ad (really, word play on Patraeus’ name is the hijinks MoveOn members paid for?) in the NYT saddled congressional Democrats with the added obligation of disowning another group on the left, while trying to

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-70251026176586427222007-08-31T14:18:00.000-06:002007-09-11T23:06:36.667-06:00

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Did anyone see the interview Matthews did with Tom De Lay, today? How did he manage, as De Lay sat there and claimed that Democrats don't police their own, to ignore the the fact that the GUY HE WAS INTERVIEWED WAS NOT POLICED BY HIS OWN FOR YEARS? Chris Matthews is such a wussy when someone "important" is on his show.

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-29649907030870704172007-08-29T12:03:00.001-06:002007-08-29T12:33:36.529-06:00

In Townhall, today, Michael Medved tries to put the GOP 2008 Presidential field "in proper perspective" by illustrating how crappy their primary candidates have been in the past. And he's right. This year's group of candidates is the best ever, not the worst, despite the misgivings of Republican Party politicos and ground troops, alike. They exactly represent what the Republican Party is all

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-8261216937406563072007-08-28T14:06:00.000-06:002007-08-28T21:06:08.738-06:00

George W Bush is stupid. That's what we on the left have maintained is his defining characteristic since he first started pissing us off by executing women, the disabled, and some likely innocent people. It's what's kept our sense of humor in tact over the last 6 years. We joke about it, at dinner parties, coffee shops, barbecues, baseball games, and holiday gatherings.Sure, Bush has had a few

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-43849784565068808782007-08-28T06:39:00.000-06:002007-08-28T21:48:53.696-06:00

In honor of Sen. Larry "Can I Warm That For You" Craig's coming out party, otherwise known as a guilty plea showing up in Roll Call, we're going to go back through the recent sex scandals to undermine the GOP's "Family Values" facade.The Hard Core DirtiesTed "Pipe Smokin'" HaggardTeddy likes pipes. Not only did he go to a gay prostitute, but he smoked meth with him, too. It's hard to do that and

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-29174451015146955942007-08-22T13:46:00.000-06:002007-08-23T09:58:22.048-06:00

In the early 1960's, the second greatest political drama, after the assassination of President Kennedy, was the push for civil rights in the federal government. After the events of Selma, these actions became much more visible at the national level, and were the definition of a conflict of cultures that would destroy the solid South for Democrats.In terms of both political consequences and

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-57286315754277213902007-08-21T20:45:00.000-06:002007-08-21T20:54:07.427-06:00

The GOP knows there's only one candidate who can energize their base for 2008; that's Hillary Clinton. Rove talking her up and down at the same time, Murdoch and his cronies backing her financially, and Kristol sprinkling pixie dust all over her foreign policy agenda are signs. First, she's good for them if she wins, both from a policy standpoint and as a political punching bag. Second, she

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-34299655253246655522007-08-21T18:35:00.000-06:002007-08-21T18:38:42.232-06:00

The demise of the GOP was inevitible, but since it happened on Rove's watch, why don't we just see if we can drive him insane with the implications of responsibility.

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-12489427765219585332007-08-21T14:48:00.000-06:002007-09-11T23:06:29.905-06:00

For decades, California’s ballot initiative system has been the blind three-legged pet dog of American democracy. It’s cute, and you feel sorry for it, but it walks into walls and glass doors, can’t go where other dogs can, and every once in a while it craps all over itself and embarrasses everyone.First, it was Prop 13 in 1978. What was supposedly a way to prevent sky-rocketing home values from

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-216912672888203572007-08-21T03:50:00.000-06:002007-08-21T04:36:51.220-06:00

So Jaba the Rove went on the Sunday talk shows, and Momma Cheney sent him with a grocery list:1) Put the spotlight on Hillary Clinton; no one will figure that one out.2) Bring back the underwear Condi left in Russert's dressing room.3) Blame the 2006 losers for losing; it's not your fault they don't know how to steal an election.4) Talk up the GOP for 2008. What? Of course you won't sound crazy

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-20149211836049213902007-08-15T16:56:00.001-06:002007-08-17T21:16:56.332-06:00

The last several days have seen alot of talk about Hillary Clinton's viability as the Democratic nominee for president. First, there were questions about whether she'd be a drag on the party. Then, people wondered if her First Lady experience is so important to her image of "being ready" for the White House, why wouldn't the documented evidence of her time there be available until after the

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Hillary's drag on the party.Thursday we'll go into how many ways she's a drag.

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At least McTragedy has PTSD to blame for his intractability. What's Mittbot's excuse?

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In his pre-vacation press conference today, W suggested that we have to change the conditions that lead people to carry out suicide attacks against us. For the first time, he's right.The conditions that exist in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, and the UAE (you know, the countries that the 9/11 terrorists came from, not Iraq) are repressive governments propped up by American political support in

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-49161092363041011222007-08-09T21:28:00.000-06:002007-08-10T00:22:04.172-06:00

During the Viet Nam War, Dick Cheney almost ran out of excuses for draft exemptions. If only his dad had been running for president...In response to a question from an anti-war activist in Iowa yesterday, MittBot defended the decisions of his five sons not to serve in the military, despite campaigning for a pro-war candidate, "one of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-79436029028568626872007-08-08T00:03:00.000-06:002007-08-08T00:30:10.071-06:00

The Townhall douchebags have run out of creative ways to promote their weakass candidates. Example:"Gingrich Rising?" is an opinion piece by John McCaslin on Tuesday."Romney Rising" is a blog post by Hugh Hewitt later on Tuesday.The complete lack of imagination on the conservatard side of the fence is a reflection of their lack of enthusiasm in both their real and fantasy candidates. The GOP is

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-91450989085629221912007-08-07T22:22:00.000-06:002007-08-08T00:28:15.404-06:00

The DLC has put out its response to the snub they received from every Democratic presidential candidate who chose not to pander to the Schumer-McAuliffe corporate element of the Party weekend before last. They say to be careful not to dismiss the center, as that's what won the White House for Clinton in 1992 and 1996. But the center did not go to Clinton, it went to Perot. People who care about

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-47417095798875636062007-08-07T16:29:00.001-06:002007-08-08T00:02:04.349-06:00

So a libertarian, an actor, four schizo's, two bigots, an anorexic, and a total loon are sitting around a BBQ... One of them says, "I'm thinking of running for President." Which one was it?From this point forward, we will be using nicknames for all of our GOP '08 opponents. Here they are:Ron Paul- Ron Paul. When nobody knows or cares who you are, despite being right, your real name is a

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-79230444539324588212007-08-07T12:02:00.001-06:002007-08-09T22:55:43.899-06:00

Many Repubelicans in the US House and Senate have spent the last 8 months distancing themselves from Bush's Iraq policy. After the 2006 election, that seemed to be a smart move, if you liked your job. The only problem is that GOP upstarts still subscribe to the foreign policy guideline of "kill 'em all, and let God sort 'em out." This means they'll have primary challenges from new pro-war punks

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-47719069327605465042007-08-06T09:24:00.000-06:002007-08-08T00:02:32.840-06:00

Photojournalists Jim Cole (AP) and Vince DeWitt were treated to the French version of Woody Harrelson on Sunday, when French President Nicolas Sarkozy became enraged at them for doing their job. He had previously issued a request to be left alone, but like an arrogant little Frenchman, he gave it in French and then expected it to be understood in New Hampshire. Fortunately, for our own amusement,

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-33418685435130931232007-07-31T18:03:00.000-06:002007-07-31T18:19:06.386-06:00

Ken Layne asks (in different words) if a Slick-Willy First-Ladyship is compatible with returning dignity to the White House. I'm going to take the question more literally than Wonkette's authors, who have more fun than Larry Flynt with a madame's client list during a GOP Primary.In comparison to the 300 milion anal-rape victims of Bush-Cheney, Bill Clinton's consentual BJ's are seeming like the

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-67262379221725163202007-07-31T12:44:00.000-06:002007-08-07T05:12:37.976-06:00

The "Funding Father" (as he is most often known) of the modern conservative movement has become so disenfranchised with his pwesident that he now criticizes his GOP on Thomm Hartmann's wonderful Air America program. It reminds me of when "Fog of War" came out, and how it stank of an old man (Robert McNamara) on his death bed trying to justify his sins, and disown those he could not justify.

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-24380356413044219822007-07-24T09:31:00.001-06:002007-07-31T00:54:23.831-06:00

Is the 100-Year Republican Majority, the dreamchild of coked-up GOP operatives, the conservative "intelligentsia" of the PNAC-Heritage-ChicagoU fiction-writing club, and the laundry list of Republican office-holders who seem to have been a part of a gerrymandering pyramid scheme for the last 40 years, finally dead?The last 3 years have been a beautiful illustration of the inherent

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-86337102316628412072007-07-20T13:57:00.001-06:002007-07-31T15:01:04.948-06:00

So the TSA has dropped just one of their retarded bans for air travel. Unfortunately, they picked the least retarded of all of them. I as an occasional smoker, and someone susceptable to anxiety and spontaneous rage when faced with the spectre of having a cross-eyed foreigner, or a obvious alcoholic whose blood-shot eyes give away that he slept in employee parking the night before, size me up to

The Mulenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168478559070656482.post-13398166107470186582007-07-20T12:11:00.000-06:002007-07-31T14:59:34.730-06:00

In our “From the Adam’s Apple” posts, we’ll dissect the latest rant from that manly brute, Ann Coulter. And in the spirit of keeping any of her readers who may ever stumble on this site entertained, we’ll dish out as much insult on her as she’s so fond of putting out.The title, “From the Adam’s Apple”, hopefully needs no explanation. But, since this is the first post of the series, we’ll go ahead

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Let's set up a hypothetical scenario.The budget has grown beyond control, as the Democrats refuse to fix Social Security, and the Republicans have run up enormous deficits with purposefully irresponsible spending.The political establishment has decided to make major cuts in the military budget.No interest groups or large swaths of protestors are making themselves known to be in favor of the cuts,

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Are you tired of weak liberalism that surrenders values in the name of political expediency? Have you had enough of pundits and party leadership who allow the enemy to choose the battlefield by enabling the message and prerogative of the right? Are you sick of the social left whose arrogance and snooty tone offend millions of voters whose families we try to fight for? Have you grown weary of a

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